ABSTRACT
I. dsDNA virus A. adenovirus (respiratory disease,
tumors in some nonhuman animals) B. herpes virus
1. Epstein-Barr virus (Burkitt’s lymphoma, mononucleosis)
2. herpes-simplex virus (cold cores) 3. herpes-simplex II virus (genital
sores) 4. varicella zostervirus (chicken
pox, shingles) C. papova virus
1. papilloma virus (cervical cancer, human warts)
2. polyoma virus (tumors in some nonhuman animals)
D. pox virus 1. cowpox virus 2. smallpox virus 3. vaccinia virus
II. dsDNA = reovirus A. diarrhea viruses
III. ssDNA = parvovirus A. roseola virus
IV. ssRNA that can serve as mRNA A. picornivirus
1. enteric viruses 2. poliovirus 3. rhinovirus (common cold)
B. togavirus 1. encephalitis viruses (encephalitis) 2. rubella virus 3. yellow-fever virus (yellow fever)
V. ssRNA that is a template for mRNA A. orthomyxovirus
1. influenza viruses (influenza) B. paramyxovirus (measles, mumps) C. rhabdovirus (rabies)
VI. ssRNA that is a template for DNA synthesis (retrovirus) A. human-immunodeficiency viruses
(= HIVs) (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
B. RNA-tumor viruses (leukemia, etc.)
dispersal of human populations over thousands of years.
